Some people are really affected negatively by msg - a small percentage. For those who are into 'Nature' and think that Nature is good' (really, folks, Nature doesn't give a damn), it is a naturally-occurring substance, not something hatched in a lab.
I don't get it about 'foreign-branded establishment'.
I respect anyone's reluctance of having to inhale 2nd-hand smoke in public places, though I can't see why there can't be sections of cafes and bars, or separate cafes and bars, in which people can smoke. As a bartender friend of mine said once: "People don't come here for their health."
I do get tired of moral outrage over smoking, though - look, you're right, smoking is bad for you, you shouldn't have to inhale smoke alla time, but what are your priorities in terms of moral outrage? Or do you just get outraged over everything that you think is wrong, or maybe just that you don't like? Why not get outraged at people who pay taxes to warmongering governments first? Like I said, as a smoker I respect your rights, but please, a little perspective.
Qipaos began in the eraly 20th century.
yes, 24 hours, but they usually are flexible, but I wouldn`t push it for more than 3 days or so. Never heard of telling them you`re going to leave before you go.
Guangzhou to Kunming by train is 25 hours.
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Not quite what you'd call a jumping place, but not bad at all for rather standard US-type meals, not overly expensive, and with a really good salad bar that's cheap, or free with most dinner dishes after 5:30PM. You can get a bottle of beer or even wine if you really want to, but I've never seen anybody do it - maybe that's just to take out. Chinese Christian run, and they hire people with physical disadvantages, who are pleasant and helpful. Frequented by foreign (mostly North American) Christians and Chinese Christians - was started by a Canadian couple associated with Bless China (previously, Project Grace), who are no longer here, but no religious pressure or any of that. Steaks are nothing special, and I avoid the Korean dishes, which I've had a few times but which did not impress me.
As a shop and bakery, it's very good bread at reasonable prices, of various kinds (Y18 for a good multigrain loaf that certainly weighs well over a pound. Other stuff too, like granola and oatmeal that is local, as well as imported things, including American cornflakes and so forth, which some people seem to require.
Large portions, seriously so with the pizza, which is Brooklyn/American style, I guess. Convivial, conversational, good place to drink with good folks on both sides of the bar, especially after about 9PM.
Too bourgeois.
Really good pizza and steaks. The wine machine fuddles me when I'm a bit fuddled, & seems unnecessary. Good folks on both sides of the bar.
Ain't no flies on Salvador's.
China hands out happy city awards, Kunming sad
发布者Social cooperation is also hard-wired into the individuals of an innately social species such as ourselves, without which the individuals of our species would not have survived to pass on any genes..Rouseau's 'noble savage' never existed, both he and Hobbes were wrong.
China hands out happy city awards, Kunming sad
发布者Subjective reports of happiness mean something, but I'm not sure what.
Kunming smells part II: The good, the bad and the ugly
发布者You get used to it all after awhile, as most of Kunming's 7 million inhabitants surely have.
Government sues parents to get kids back to school
发布者@nnoble: don't follow - who or what is rotting? I can think of various candidates, but I'm not sure which one you're talking about.
Government sues parents to get kids back to school
发布者There are economic issues concerning education in China for very poor communities, which obviously need a bigger share of the economic pie than they are getting. Yet China's 'socialist market economy' is increasing the overall level of economic resources within China.
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